Exercise can change many chemical components in the blood, produce pleasant chemicals, reduce mental stress and tension, and make people feel energetic. Some people say that if you want to improve your physical state, you must start with improving your mental state; If you want to improve your mental state, you should start with improving your exercise habits.
It is found that regular exercise can improve bad mood more than drugs. No matter what kind of depressed mood, it may be changed by 10 km long-distance running. In the past twenty years, the benefits of our culture to sports have been constantly emphasized. Today, people can be seen walking, jogging or doing other sports in any city, and sports have become a part of people's lives.
Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in ancient China, pointed out: "When you shake, your grain qi disappears, and your blood circulates, so you don't get sick." But at the same time, many medical scientists put forward that "life also lies in rest."
Life lies in rest, which is also an important principle of health preservation, because rest can save energy and life energy, and the key point is to recharge your batteries. "The Internal Work Diagram says that the dynamic and static are mutually rooted" points out: "Make it move but not static, like duckweed flying feathers, which will never stop, the essence will be exhausted, the qi will shake, and the god will be confused. Being quiet and motionless is like a dying tree, lifeless, the essence will degenerate, the spirit will be discouraged, and God will be tired. " Especially in today's restless age, it is particularly important to maintain spiritual peace.
Confucius said, "Those who know move, those who are good are quiet, those who move are happy, and those who are good live long." So, which is better, exercise or rest? In fact, life lies in the balance between motion and stillness. Motion is the movement of the body; Silence is peace of mind. Static and dynamic balance is the law of nature and human health. Only the combination of motion and static can achieve the goal of health and longevity.
Keeping in good health is the most important feature of TCM. "Form" refers to people's physiology and "spirit" refers to people's mental psychology. Ancient doctors believed that the key to fitness is exercise, and the key to fitness is quietness.
Tai Ji Chuan, yoga and other sports are the perfect combination of movement and quietness, and both emphasize that the body is moving and the mind is quiet. Walking, in particular, may be the closest exercise to perfection, because it is suitable for almost any entry, and can be carried out anytime and anywhere without any restrictions. Walking is pleasant, especially walking in a good natural environment; Walking can burn calories and exercise muscles without damaging the body; Walking can promote creative thinking, friendship and communication. In addition, jogging, swimming, skiing, cycling, playing ball and other aerobic exercises are also very beneficial to physical and mental health.
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Exercise can make us have young arteries and blood vessels. Dr. William osler, the father of modern medicine, once said: "Arteries are the best place to show a person's youth or old age." Modern medicine has been looking for some ways to avoid vascular embolism, but it has little effect. Exercise can naturally do this, because exercise can lower cholesterol in the blood, dilate arterial blood vessels and reduce embolism.
Exercise can also keep our muscles strong. It is found that if muscles are not used, they will shrink and lose strength at the rate of 1% every day, so in order to make muscles have strength, they must be used continuously. In people's impression, the elderly are slow to move, as if the ruthless years have taken away their vitality, but we can often see some elderly people taking vigorous steps. Why? Scientists have found that many old people are weak, not because they are old, but because they no longer exercise.